Londonderry, Ireland: Lomeshie Research Centre, [1948], First Edition. small quarto, sheets stitched into printed red boards, in dust jacket. 62 pp. Lomeshie Research Centre, Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe (12 August 1913 – 22 December 1953)[1] was a Ghanaian medical doctor, author, poet and politician. He was nominated for the 1949..... More
New York: Knopf, 1971, First Edition. octavo, red cloth in dust jacket. xiv, (286), (xvi)pp. Knopf, Fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell, and W. Davies [with] Richard Hakluyt, 1803, (1862), First Editions. quarto, rebound in blue cloth. xxxv, ccxxx, 491, 263 pages. A. Strahan for T. Cadell, and W. Davies [with] Richard Hakluyt, James Stanier Clarke (c.1766-1834) was a chaplain and naval author. An associate of..... More
Los Angeles: University of California Press, (2007), First Edition. large octavo, maroon cloth in dust jacket. xii, (322) pp. University of California Press, A very fine copy in a very fine dust jacket which is not price clipped. More
Morrisania, New York: Henry B. Dawson, 1865, Third Edition, enlarged. One of 50 quarto copies, this copy being "K" signed on the copyright page by the publisher, Henry B. Dawson. There were also 100 octavo copies. quarto, three-quarter green leather and green cloth with five raised bands and matching marbled..... More
London: Leo Cooper, (1973), First Edition. octavo, brown boards in dust jacket. 240pp. Leo Cooper, Illustrated. A very fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903, Second Printing. octavo, green cloth. T.e.g. xx, 256p: xxvi, 374 pp. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Illustrated with Portraits, Maps, Facsimiles, Contemporary Views, Prints, and Other Historic Materials. Laid in is a Autograph Note, signed from Fiske to Mr. Kiernan, dated July 3/93 requesting the..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900, First Edition. octavo, red cloth. T.e.g. xxxi, 296; xxv, 397pp. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Illustrated with Portraits, Maps, Facsimiles, Contemporary Views, Prints, and Other Historic Materials. Laid in is a Autograph Note, signed from Fiske to Miss Harris, dated Dec 2/89, Again it is..... More
New York: Macaulay Company, (1928), First Edition. octavo, pale yellow cloth. 382 pp. Macaulay Company, Woodcuts by Clyde A. Nordquist. 1.5 x 2.5 cm book label of the Paul Elder & Co. book shop, San Francisco on the recto of the back free endpaper. Gift inscription on half-title. Cloth soiled..... More
Leicester University Press, 1975, First Edition. octavo, grey cloth in dust jacket. 422 pp. Leicester University Press, Includes an Addenda and Corrigenda for preceding volumes; List of Charters; Index of Places; Index of Persons and Corporate Bodies. First three leaves with the blindstamp of Philip Cronenwett, former Special Collections Librarian..... More
New York: Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd, 1963, New Edition, Limited to 750 copies. octavo, tan cloth. 549; (549) [sic] - 1070 pp. Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd, First published 1920-1923; second edition, revised, 1925. This edition with a new introduction and with a detailed index. These are the chronicles of the trail drivers of Texas--those..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887, Later printing of the 1872 first edition. small octavo, deep red flexible cloth covers with printed paper label. (86), followed by a (10) pp. publisher's catalogue. D. Appleton and Company, Vertical fold to front cover with some scuffing and folds to corners. Contents..... More
Sydney, Australia: Angus and Robertson, 1936, First Edition, fourth printing. octavo, orange cloth in dust jacket. x, 354 pp. Angus and Robertson, Sir Sidney Kidman was popularly named "the Cattle King", He was an Australian pastoralist and entrepreneur who owned or co-owned large areas of land in Australia in his..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900, Second Edition, ordinary issue. octavo, dark green cloth, lettering and multi-ruled panels in cream-green and castle ornament blocked in gilt, cream-green, and orange-brown on front cover. T.e.g. Houghton Mifflin, A few minor revisions were made in the text of the second edition. The preface is new..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, (1965) , First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. (xviii), 471 pp. University of Texas Press, Half-title with a small ownership blind-stamp. A fine, clean copy. More
London: Longmans, Green, 1909, First Edition. octavo, green cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 313 pp. Longmans, Green, With fold-out map frontispiece and three additional fold-out illustrations as called for. Dust jacket with tears and chips, Pencil notation on front panel of dust jacket, "No index!!" - I must agree, an..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1905, First Printing of this edition. quarto, olive green cloth stamped in gilt. T.e.g. 402 pp., plus 36 plates. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., First published in 1842 by Rudolph Ackerman in London. Illustrated by H. Alken with 36 color plates with..... More
New York: Macmillan, (1967), First Edition. large octavo, maroon cloth in dust jacket. Macmillan, Fine copy, jacket not price clipped. More
New York: Printed by Robert Wilson, for A. Van Hook, 1798, First American Edition - Corrected. octavo, full calf with red leather spine labels. 164; 235 pp. Printed by Robert Wilson, for A. Van Hook, First published in 1795. "Her Mémoires de Madame Roland (1795) were written from prison where..... More
New York: M. W. Hazen Co, 1888, octavo, red cloth stamped in black and gilt. (viii), 694 pp. M. W. Hazen Co, Hinge at titlepage weak. Bottom 2" of cloth at spine water stained. Scuffing to cloth, but not bad. More
El Segunda, California: Upton & Sons, 1989, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 347 pp. Upton & Sons, From the dust jacket, "Tom Cover's career included being one of the first to discover gold in Virginia City, Montana. He was with John Bozeman when he was killed by..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, (1982), First American Edition. octavo, boards and cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 335 pp. E. P. Dutton, Translated by Joan Pinkham. Illustrated. Publisher's promotional material laid in. Top edge of text block very lightly soiled, else a very fine, clean copy. More
Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1969, Facsimile of the 1926 edition published by John Howell. quarto, textured green boards. x, 543 pp. N. Israel, Illustrated with black and white plates and maps, including some fold-out. Mild bump to bottom of spine, else a fine, clean copy. More
San Francisco: John Howell, 1926, First Edition. quarto, blue cloth. x, 543 pp. John Howell, Frontispiece of Sir Francis Drake and 69 other black and white illustrations, some fold-out. Howes W9, Cowan p.665, Hill p.314. With the bookplate of Gertrude Stubblefield on front pastedown. More
Kennett Square, PA: Kennett news and advertiser, 1939, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth. 214 , 1 p. tipped-in addenda. Kennett news and advertiser, Contents: Europe : Coat of Arms ; the name Wentz ; St. Wendelin ; European background ; Maeyken Wens ; the Martyr ; Partenheim -- Peter Wentz..... More